Corey Riley steps down as St. Andrew's football coach

Riley to pursue "other opportunities"

Corey Riley said Thursday he is no longer the football coach at St. Andrew's.

Riley, 29, put in his resignation in the middle of the season with athletic director Craig Ashley.

"I think I've done the best I can do and I think it is time for St. Andrew's to bring another guy in the hopes they can take the program in a more positive direction," Riley said. "I've done what I could. Love the kids, program and I got full support from the parents and kids."

Riley coached St. Andrew's to a 3-7 record this year and was 5-15 in his two years with the program.

St. Andrew's recently hired a new headmaster who said he wanted to take the football program and bring it up to par with other programs, Riley said. Riley added even with a new headmaster, he felt it was still best to step down.

He hopes to be a head coach or head of football operations at at another school. Riley also said he'd consider being an assistant coach if it was at the right program.

"I am just leaving my options open for a little while," he said. "I will probably know more sometime in early January what I am going to do."